From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Results of radiator corrosion experiments in a table format.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\3\ Scan052 | |
Date | 16th August 1929 | |
RESULTS OF RADIATOR CORROSION EXPERIMENTS. Test No. | Depth of Sediment on Vessel Bottom. | Condition of Materials --- | --- | --- | | Cast Iron | Aluminium. | Radiator Tubes. 1 | 3/16" | Rusty | Good | Good 2 | 3/16" | Rusty | Badly attacked. | Slightly scummy. 3 | 3/16" | Rusty | Slightly attacked and scummed. | Scummy. 4 | 1/8" | Rusty | Attacked. | Scummy 5 | 1/8" | Rusty | Corroded and slightly scummy. | Good. 6 | 3/32" | Rusty | Badly corroded. | Dark filmed. 7 | 1/8" | Rusty | Slightly corroded. | Good. 8 | 1/16" | Rusty | Corroded | Green coherent film. 9 | 3/16" | Rusty | Very slightly corroded | Very slightly corroded 10 | 3/16" | Rusty | Seriously corroded. | Very slightly corroded 11 | 1/8" | Rusty | Slightly corroded. | Moderate but slightly corroded. 12 | 3/16" | Rusty | Badly corroded. | As 11. 13. | 1/8" | Badly Crusted. Some corrosion. | | Slightly corroded. 14. | Everything rather worse than 13. (cont.) | ||